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Description	Sample page from the early 14th-century Christian poem Cursor Mundi, Cotton MS Vespasian Aiii, held in British Library. At the bottom of the page is a simple sketch of Noah's Ark.
Author or copyright owner	British Library
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/illmanus/cottmanucoll/n/largeimage75527.html
Date of publication	Unknown
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Cursor Mundi
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): The poem was written in Middle English mostly in eight-syllabled couplets
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the artwork would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	It illustrates 100 lines only of a manuscript consisting of 30,000 lines
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of the artwork will not impact the commercial viability of the art.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:00, 29 November 2021		275 × 362 (110 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	18:06, 28 November 2021	No thumbnail	541 × 712 (423 KB)	Manbooferie (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free work, as object of commentary using File Upload Wizard

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